Germian

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Germian
Germic
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Pronunciation[germiʃ]
Created byJeppesper
Date2022
SettingGermanic languages
Indo-European
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Germian (Germic IPA: /germiʃ/) is a conlang created by Jeppesper beginning in 2022, germ stands for it being based of off Germanic languages. It could be considered an engineered language since it is constructed to be regular, simple, recognizable, lack grammatical gender and gender differentiation of nouns/pronouns. The conlang is mainly based on English, German, Dutch and Swedish, but it has to smaller extends also been influenced by Afrikaans, Danish, Norwegian, Yiddish, West-frisian, Luxembourgish and Icelandic.

Qualities

Alignment Neutral alignment
Type Analytical
Tonal No
Genders None
Nouns decline according to Case

Number

Definiteness

Verbs conjugate according to Tense

Aspect

Adjectives decline according to Comparision
100% Phonetic alphabet
100% Consistent noun & adjective declensions
100% Consistent verb conjugations
0% Noun/Pronoun gender differentiation
+ Swadesh inclusive
+ GSRD inclusive

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labio-dental Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Labio-velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive p b t d k g
Fricative f v s z ʃ h
Approximant j w
Trill r
Lateral app. l
Clusters ks kw

Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
High
Near-high ɪ ʏ ʊ
High-mid
Mid
Low-mid ɛ ɔ
Near-low
Low a ɑː
Diphthongs ɛ͡ɪ a͡ɪ a͡ʊ ɔ͡ɪ ɔ͡ʊ

Orthography

Alphabet

Letter Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
Sound /a/ /b/ /ʃ/ /d/ /ɛ/ /f/ /g/ /h/ /ɪ/ /j/ /k/ /l/ /m/ /n/ /ɔ/ /p/ /kw/ /r/ /s/ /t/ /ʊ/ /v/ /w/ /ks/ /ʏ/ /z/
Name /a/ /beː/ /ʃeː/ /deː/ /ɛ/ /ɛf/ /geː/ /hoː/ /ɪ/ /jɛɪ/ /kɛɪ/ /ɛl/ /ɛm/ /ɛn/ /ɔ/ /peː/ /kwuː/ /ɛr/ /ɛs/ /teː/ /ʊ/ /vɛɪ/ /wʏn/ /ɛks/ /ʏ/ /zɛt/

Digraphs & Diphthongs

Digraphs & Diphthongs Aa aa Ee ee Ii ii Oo oo Uu uu Yy yy Ng ng Ai ai Ei ei Oi oi Au au Ou ou
Sound /ɑː/ /eː/ /iː/ /oː/ /uː/ /yː/ /ŋ/ /a͡ɪ/ /ɛ͡ɪ/ /ɔ͡ɪ/ /a͡ʊ/ /ɔ͡ʊ/
Name laang a laang e laang i laang o laang u laang y /ɛŋ/ /a͡ɪ/ /ɛ͡ɪ/ /ɔ͡ɪ/ /a͡ʊ/ /ɔ͡ʊ/

Phonotactics

There are no silent letters.

There is no phonemic reduced vowel sound like english's /ə/.

Double consonants (that aren't part of a digraph) are pronounced with a syllable break:

Example: bb = /b.b/


The first 2 vowels that are viable as a vowel digraph/diphthong pair are the ones that will be pronounced as such:

Example: aii = /a͡ɪ.ɪ/

Example: eei = /eː.ɪ/

Not like: aii = /a.iː/

Not like: eei = /ɛ.ɛ͡ɪ/


Vowel digraph/diphthong pairs and single vowels that directly preceeds/follows a vowel digraph/diphthong pair are pronounced with a syllable break inbetween them:

Example: aaeiou = /ɑː.ɛ͡ɪ.ɔ͡ʊ/

Example: eaa = /ɛ.ɑː/

Example: aio = /a͡ɪ.ɔ/

Example: aaa = /ɑː.a/


Vowels following each other that are not part of a vowel digraph/diphthong pair are not pronounced with a syllable break inbetween them:

Example: ia = /ɪa/

Example: iea = /ɪɛa/

Example: aioe = /a͡ɪ.ɔɛ/

Grammar

Syntax

SVO (subject–verb–object)

Descriptive examples:

Example: Jaik1 hav2 ain3 kat4. ⇄ I1 have2 a3 cat4.

Example: Jaik1 siien4 nite3 et5. ⇄ I1 do2 not3 see4 it5.

Example: Ain1 roud2 rous3. ⇄ A1 red2 rose3.

Example: Vat1 wilte4 duu3 dun5 6. ⇄ What1 do2 you3 want4 to5 do6.

Vocabulary

-

Noun declenations

Case articles and number

Example Singular Plural
Nominative:

definite article

de kat de kates
Nominative:

indefinite article

ain kat (vleere) kates
Genitive:

definite article

de katese de kateses
Genitive:

indefinite article

ain katese (vleere) kateses
Vocabulary

ain ⇄ a/an (singular indefinite article)

de ⇄ the (definite article)

kat ⇄ cat

vleere ⇄ several (plural indefinite "article")

Verb conjugations

Infinitive/Imperative:

sainen ⇄ to be

Simple Progressive Perfect Imperfect
Present sain ⇄ am/is/are saine ⇄ being hasain ⇄ have/has been
Past saind ⇄ was/were sainde ⇄ was/were being hadsain ⇄ had been
Future vil sain ⇄ will be vil saine ⇄ will become vil hasain ⇄ will have been
Conditional skalde hasain ⇄ would have been skalde sain ⇄ would be
Infinitive/Imperative:

dunen ⇄ to do

Simple Progressive Perfect Imperfect
Present dun ⇄ do dune ⇄ doing hadun ⇄ have/has done
Past dund ⇄ did dunde ⇄ was/were doing haddun ⇄ had done
Future vil dun ⇄ will do vil dune ⇄ will be doing vil hadun ⇄ will have done
Conditional skalde hadun ⇄ would have done skalde dun ⇄ would do
Infinitive/Imperative:

haven ⇄ to have

Simple Progressive Perfect Imperfect
Present hav ⇄ have have ⇄ having hahav ⇄ have/has had
Past havd ⇄ had havde ⇄ was/were having hadhav ⇄ had had
Future vil hav ⇄ will have vil have ⇄ will be having vil hahav ⇄ will have had
Conditional skalde hahav ⇄ would have had skalde hav ⇄ would have
Modal auxiliary verbs
berhauce ⇄ need
brauke ⇄ brukar (SE)/usually do
burte ⇄ ought
durfo ⇄ may/permitted to/allowed to/få (SE)/dürf (DE)
kan ⇄ can/to be able
kaunde ⇄ could
moug ⇄ might
must ⇄ must
skal ⇄ shall
skalde ⇄ would
taure ⇄ dare
vil ⇄ will/going to
wilte ⇄ want
Verb suffixes

-en ⇄ (making-verb)

Example (Making-verb) Progressive Example phrase Example phrase
vit ⇄ white viten ⇄ whiten vite ⇄ whitening viten de tands ⇄ whiten the teeth de vite of de tands ⇄ the whitening of the teeth

rii- ⇄ (repeat)

un- ⇄ (deprive)

ike-- ⇄ (negate)

Example (repeat) (deprive) (negate)
vit ⇄ white riiviten ⇄ rewhiten unviten ⇄ unwhiten ike-vit ⇄ non-white

Adjective comparison

-er ⇄ (comparative)

-est ⇄ (superlative)

Example Positive/Negative Comparative Superlative
Adjective groos grooser groosest

Example: Et sain groos. ⇄ It is big.

Example: Et sain grooser dan dat. ⇄ It is larger than that.

Example: Et sain (de) groosest. ⇄ It is the largest.

Example: Et sain klain. ⇄ It is small.

Example: Et sain klainer dan dat. ⇄ It is smaller than that.

Example: Et sain (de) klainest. ⇄ It is the smallest.

Example: Et sain fiiler dan dat. ⇄ It is more than that.

Example: Et sain klimer dan dat. ⇄ It is less than that.

Example: Jaik wilte meer. ⇄ I want (even) more.

Example: Jaik wilte haven vleere. ⇄ I want to have several ones.

Vocabulary

dan ⇄ than

dat ⇄ that

de ⇄ the

et ⇄ it

fiil ⇄ many/much/a lot

groos ⇄ big

hav ⇄ have

jaik ⇄ I

klain ⇄ small

klim ⇄ little meer ⇄ even more/additional

sain ⇄ am/is/are

vleere ⇄ several

wilte ⇄ want

Adjective suffix

-ic ⇄ (making-adjective)/(having qualities of)

Example gold ⇄ gold hund ⇄ dog
-ic goldic hundic

Personal pronouns

Personal pronouns Nominative Possesive Reflexive
1st person jaik ⇄ I

vii ⇄ we

jaikse ⇄ my/mine

viise ⇄ our/ours

jaikself ⇄ myself

viiselfs ⇄ ourselves

2nd person duu ⇄ you (s.)

juu ⇄ you (pl.)

duuse ⇄ your/yours (s.)

juuse ⇄ you/yours (pl.)

duuself ⇄ yourself (s.)

juuselfs ⇄ yourselves (pl.)

3rd person xiin ⇄ they/this one (s. proximate./former. standard)

diin ⇄ they/that one (s. obviative./post-former.)

et ⇄ it

dei ⇄ they (pl.)

xiinse ⇄ theirs (s.)

diinse ⇄ theirs (s.)

etse ⇄ its

deise ⇄ theirs (pl.)

xiinself ⇄ themself (s.)

diinself ⇄ themself (s.)

etself ⇄ itself

deiselfs ⇄ themselves (pl.)

4th person eim ⇄ one eimse ⇄ one's eimself ⇄ oneself

Numerals

Ordinal numbers are marked by adding the suffix "-ce" to a number.

Fractions are marked by adding the suffix "-deel" to a number (exeption for "helft ⇄ half").

Capitalization

Capital letters are used for the first word of a sentence and for proper nouns.

The proper nouns in Germian are exclusively: personal names, place names, marketed titles and organization names.

Dictionary

Phrases

Jaik heiten... ⇄ My name is... jaik ⇄ I heiten ⇄ to be referred to as/heter (SE)/heiße (DE)
Vat sain duuse name? ⇄ What is your name? name ⇄ name Spraten duu... ⇄ Do you speak...
Jaik spraten nite... ⇄ I don't speak... Jaik verctond nite. ⇄ I don't understand. Veir sain de toilet? ⇄ Where is the toilet?
Vur sain duu?/Vur sain et? ⇄ How are you?/How is it?/How is it going? Sain duu okee/ok? ⇄ Are you okay? Sain et okee/ok? ⇄ Is it going okay?
okee/ok ⇄ okay/ok jaa ⇄ yes nei ⇄ no
njei ⇄ (yes/no)/well jee ⇄ yeah naa ⇄ nah
maince ⇄ maybe natuurlic ⇄ of course kain problem ⇄ no problem
antswer ⇄ answer genau/exakt/presiic/korekt/ret ⇄ exactly/precisely/correct/right inkorekt/falc ⇄ incorrect/false/wrong
tangke ⇄ thanks tangke duu/juu (s./pl.) ⇄ thank you fiil tangke ⇄ thank you very much
stop! ⇄ stop! help ⇄ help akta! ⇄ look out!
sori ⇄ sorry sploristop ⇄ sorry, but please lets stop/end this pardon ⇄ excuse me
spliifst ⇄ please ckol ⇄ cheers grelsing ⇄ greeting
haloo ⇄ hello hae ⇄ hi hei ⇄ hey
dae ⇄ good day/bye/dag (NE) guutein ⇄ have a good one/goodbye cau ⇄ bye
adjoo ⇄ adieu ferwel ⇄ farewell sees vii ⇄ see you/see you later
wilkom ⇄ welcome/you're welcome moost wilkom ⇄ most welcome/you are most welcome guut morgen ⇄ good morning
guut daag ⇄ good day guut naftermiddaag ⇄ good afternoon guut aufend ⇄ good evening
guut nact ⇄ good night jaik eliibe duu ⇄ I love you Vur fiil sain dit? ⇄ How much is this?

Swadesh+

  1. I ⇄ jaik
  2. we ⇄ vii
  3. you (singular) ⇄ duu
  4. you (plural) ⇄ juu
  5. they (singular proximate) ⇄ xiin
  6. they (singular obviative) ⇄ diin
  7. they (plural) ⇄ dei
  8. this ⇄ dit
  9. that ⇄ dat
  10. here ⇄ heir
  11. there ⇄ daar
  12. who ⇄ viim
  13. whose ⇄ viis
  14. what ⇄ vat
  15. which ⇄ velke
  16. why ⇄ vatfuur
  17. where ⇄ veir
  18. when ⇄ van
  19. how ⇄ vur
  20. what kind of/what something's like ⇄ vurvat
  21. not ⇄ nite
  22. all ⇄ al
  23. none, no, not any ⇄ kain
  24. many ⇄ fiil
  25. few ⇄ veenig
  26. some ⇄ somige
  27. other ⇄ aader
  28. one ⇄ ein
  29. two ⇄ tvei
  30. three ⇄ drii
  31. four ⇄ fiir
  32. five ⇄ faif
  33. big ⇄ groos
  34. small ⇄ klain
  35. long ⇄ lang
  36. short ⇄ kort
  37. wide ⇄ breid
  38. narrow ⇄ smaal
  39. thick ⇄ dik
  40. thin ⇄ dun
  41. heavy ⇄ cveer
  42. light ⇄ leict
  43. female ⇄ femlin
  44. male ⇄ manske
  45. androgyne ⇄ wenle
  46. gender-neutral ⇄ nukjon (nutrei-kjon)
  47. genderless ⇄ zukjon (zunte-kjon)
  48. cultural gender ⇄ qukjon (qultural-kjon)
  49. inter(-sex/-gender) ⇄ jinen(-sec/-kjon)
  50. endo(-sex/cisgender) ⇄ ine(-sec/-kjon)
  51. trans(-sexual/-gender) ⇄ tverc(-sec/-kjon)
  52. diverse/variating/queer ⇄ veirai
  53. human ⇄ huumas
  54. child/youngling ⇄ kind
  55. child/offspring/progeny ⇄ cinder
  56. lifepartner/martial partner ⇄ jaing (extension of "jaik")
  57. parent ⇄ elder
  58. animal ⇄ diir
  59. fish ⇄ fic
  60. bird ⇄ fogel
  61. dog ⇄ hund
  62. louse ⇄ laus
  63. snake ⇄ clang
  64. worm ⇄ wurm
  65. nature ⇄ natuur
  66. tree ⇄ trai
  67. forest ⇄ skoog
  68. stick ⇄ stape
  69. fruit ⇄ fruut
  70. seed ⇄ saed
  71. leaf ⇄ lauv
  72. root ⇄ wrootcel
  73. bark (of a tree) ⇄ bark
  74. flower ⇄ blom
  75. grass ⇄ grais
  76. rope ⇄ roup
  77. body ⇄ bodi
  78. organ ⇄ organ
  79. skin ⇄ skind
  80. leather ⇄ leder
  81. scale ⇄ sqeil
  82. meat ⇄ flec
  83. blood ⇄ blut
  84. bone ⇄ boun
  85. fat (noun) ⇄ feit
  86. grease ⇄ greis
  87. mucle ⇄ muskel
  88. guts ⇄ darm
  89. heart ⇄ hart
  90. brain ⇄ breihin
  91. liver ⇄ leever
  92. egg ⇄ eig
  93. spit/saliva ⇄ speit
  94. earwax ⇄ oorvax
  95. sweat ⇄ sveit
  96. snot ⇄ snot
  97. bugger ⇄ buge
  98. teardrop ⇄ treen
  99. sleepies/eye gunk ⇄ sleps
  100. horn ⇄ horn
  101. stinger ⇄ stakel
  102. antenna ⇄ anten
  103. tail ⇄ stvan
  104. feather ⇄ veder
  105. hair ⇄ har
  106. fur ⇄ fel
  107. head ⇄ hovd
  108. face ⇄ sicte
  109. chin ⇄ cin
  110. cheek ⇄ cing
  111. ear ⇄ oor
  112. auricle ⇄ oormucel
  113. eye ⇄ ooge
  114. eyelid ⇄ oogelid
  115. eyelash ⇄ wimper
  116. eyebrow ⇄ oogebrei
  117. nose ⇄ noose
  118. nostril ⇄ noostril
  119. snout ⇄ snuut
  120. mouth ⇄ mund
  121. beard ⇄ bard
  122. mustasch ⇄ mustac
  123. lip ⇄ lip
  124. tooth ⇄ tand
  125. tongue ⇄ tunge
  126. foot ⇄ fut
  127. toe ⇄ too
  128. heel ⇄ heil
  129. leg ⇄ leg
  130. knee ⇄ knii
  131. kneepit (kneefold) ⇄ kniiboug
  132. thigh ⇄ daig
  133. groin ⇄ laist
  134. hand ⇄ hand
  135. nail (body part) ⇄ nagel
  136. wing ⇄ ving
  137. belly ⇄ belai
  138. waist ⇄ taile
  139. bellybutton ⇄ naavel
  140. stomach ⇄ maage
  141. hals (DE/SE)/neck-/-throat ⇄ halse
  142. neck ⇄ nek
  143. throat ⇄ froot
  144. back ⇄ rug
  145. breast/boob ⇄ brost
  146. chest ⇄ cest
  147. nipple ⇄ nipel
  148. ass/butt ⇄ bump
  149. buttcheek ⇄ cink/gluut
  150. anus ⇄ anus
  151. urethra ⇄ uretra
  152. vagina ⇄ vagin
  153. vagina (juvenile) ⇄ vip
  154. clitoris ⇄ klitoris
  155. womb ⇄ wuum
  156. ovary ⇄ oovery
  157. ovum ⇄ oovum
  158. penis ⇄ peenis
  159. penis (juvenile) ⇄ pik
  160. scrotum/ballsack ⇄ skrung
  161. (collective word for penis and scrotum) ⇄ prung
  162. glans ⇄ gleiskel
  163. testicle ⇄ testikel
  164. sperm ⇄ sperm
  165. to drink ⇄ dringken
  166. to eat ⇄ spiitsen
  167. to nibble ⇄ knibelen
  168. to bite ⇄ baiten
  169. to suck ⇄ saugen
  170. to spit ⇄ speiten
  171. to vomit ⇄ sparfen
  172. to blow ⇄ blousen
  173. to breathe ⇄ andemen
  174. to laugh ⇄ lahen
  175. to see ⇄ siien
  176. to hear ⇄ hooren
  177. to know ⇄ visten
  178. to think ⇄ tengken
  179. to smell ⇄ raukten
  180. to taste ⇄ spruufen
  181. to feel (emotionally) ⇄ kenden
  182. to feel (physicaly) ⇄ fuulen
  183. to touch ⇄ rooren
  184. to sense ⇄ sensen
  185. to fear ⇄ frangsten
  186. to sleep ⇄ slaapen
  187. to live ⇄ leven
  188. to die ⇄ cdurden
  189. to kill ⇄ douden
  190. to fight (combat) ⇄ straiden
  191. to fight (struggle) ⇄ kempen
  192. to hunt ⇄ jakten
  193. to hit ⇄ slaagen
  194. to cut ⇄ cneiden
  195. to chop ⇄ haken
  196. to stab ⇄ staben
  197. to share ⇄ deelen
  198. to split ⇄ spliten
  199. to scratch ⇄ skrapsen
  200. to dig ⇄ graven
  201. to swim ⇄ swimen
  202. to fly ⇄ fliigen
  203. to walk/go ⇄ gouen
  204. to come ⇄ komen
  205. to lie (lay) ⇄ leegen
  206. to sit ⇄ siten
  207. to stand ⇄ standen
  208. to turn (intransitive) ⇄ dreiden
  209. to rise ⇄ staigen
  210. to fall ⇄ falen
  211. to give ⇄ geeven
  212. to take ⇄ neimen
  213. to hold ⇄ halden
  214. to squeeze ⇄ sqeesen
  215. to rub ⇄ ruben
  216. to wash ⇄ vasen
  217. to wipe ⇄ drooken
  218. to pull ⇄ pulen
  219. to push ⇄ druken
  220. to throw ⇄ troiven
  221. to catch ⇄ fangen
  222. to tie ⇄ binden
  223. to sew ⇄ snaien
  224. to count ⇄ reekenen
  225. to say ⇄ saagen
  226. to sing ⇄ singen
  227. to play ⇄ spleien
  228. to float ⇄ flouten
  229. to sink ⇄ zingken
  230. to flow ⇄ flouen
  231. to swell ⇄ svelen
  232. to freeze ⇄ friisen
  233. to burn ⇄ branden
  234. body of fire ⇄ fiierbodi
  235. fire ⇄ fiier
  236. sun ⇄ son
  237. star ⇄ ster
  238. body of earth ⇄ erdbodi
  239. earth ⇄ erd
  240. moon ⇄ mon
  241. salt ⇄ salt
  242. stone ⇄ steen
  243. dust ⇄ stov
  244. gravel ⇄ graus
  245. asphalt ⇄ asfalt
  246. boulder ⇄ boulder
  247. ash ⇄ ask
  248. mountain ⇄ berg
  249. hill ⇄ houvel
  250. sand ⇄ sand
  251. road ⇄ veig
  252. earthquake ⇄ erdbeeving
  253. body of water ⇄ vaaterbodi
  254. water ⇄ vaater
  255. drop ⇄ drop
  256. rain ⇄ regen
  257. river ⇄ flusd
  258. lake ⇄ see
  259. sea ⇄ haav
  260. waterstream ⇄ vaaterstroum
  261. waterfall ⇄ vaaterfal
  262. snow ⇄ snee
  263. ice ⇄ ais
  264. fog ⇄ neevel
  265. mist ⇄ mist
  266. tsunami ⇄ tsunaami
  267. body of air ⇄ luftbodi
  268. air ⇄ luft
  269. cloud ⇄ woln
  270. sky ⇄ himel
  271. wind ⇄ wind
  272. smoke ⇄ rook
  273. tornado ⇄ tornaado
  274. color ⇄ kolur
  275. paint ⇄ farb
  276. red ⇄ roud
  277. orange ⇄ oranc
  278. yellow ⇄ gelu
  279. lime ⇄ laim
  280. green ⇄ grun
  281. turquoise ⇄ turkois
  282. cyan ⇄ cyan
  283. azure ⇄ azor
  284. blue ⇄ blo
  285. purple ⇄ prila
  286. magenta ⇄ magent
  287. cerise ⇄ ceri
  288. white ⇄ vit
  289. gray ⇄ gro
  290. black ⇄ svart
  291. brown (dark orange/orange-like colors) ⇄ brun
  292. pink (pale red, magenta, cerise) ⇄ rooz
  293. light ⇄ lict
  294. hazy ⇄ hazi
  295. dark ⇄ dunkel
  296. night ⇄ nact
  297. day ⇄ daag
  298. year ⇄ jaur
  299. warm ⇄ varm
  300. cold ⇄ kald
  301. full ⇄ fol
  302. empty ⇄ lemtom
  303. new ⇄ nue
  304. old ⇄ old
  305. good ⇄ guut
  306. bad ⇄ slect
  307. ripe/mature ⇄ raif
  308. rotten ⇄ rotnen
  309. clean ⇄ crein
  310. dirty ⇄ smotsic
  311. straight ⇄ strak
  312. bent ⇄ bougd
  313. round ⇄ rund
  314. sharp (as a knife) ⇄ cerp
  315. dull (as a knife) ⇄ dulp
  316. smooth ⇄ glat
  317. ragged ⇄ rugd
  318. wet ⇄ vnot
  319. dry ⇄ drog
  320. near ⇄ neer
  321. far ⇄ faar
  322. right ⇄ rect
  323. left ⇄ lingks
  324. center ⇄ centraal
  325. north ⇄ nord
  326. south ⇄ saud
  327. east ⇄ oust
  328. west ⇄ vest
  329. at ⇄ aton
  330. in ⇄ in
  331. with ⇄ mit
  332. and ⇄ end
  333. if ⇄ ifals
  334. because ⇄ soodat
  335. name ⇄ name
  336. correct ⇄ korekt
  337. incorrect/false/wrong ⇄ inkorekt/falc

Wordlists

Culture

Cultural philosophy

(Stoicism + Buddhism + Absurdism + Individual reflection)

Stance on higher power

1. Does not believe in any higher power(s).

2. Everything can be explained by science, only our knowledge is limited.

3. Instead of following a faith, one follows philosophy and a just lifestyle:

If there is any higher power(s) and they're just, then you will be rewarded by your virtuous acts.

If there is any higher power(s) and they're unjust, then you shouldn't want to follow them anyways.

If there is no higher power(s), then your virtuous acts will live on in the memory of your loved ones.


Stance on life, death and time

1. There is most probably nothing after death, since every idea of what we think as an afterlife is just our wishful thinking that we have no basis for believing in.


2. Existence has no inherent meaning, because life is a fact not a meaning. Life doesn't "lack" meaning because there was never room for meaning to begin with.


3. Humans have an inherent need for meaning in a universe were meaning is irrelevant, this is absurd. We either tend to make a leap of faith to something abstract and irrational or turn to physical escape or destruction to escape this absurdity, but one ought to embrace the absurdity instead,


4. ... one should not, however, reject life nor turn to faith when facing this crippling reality. One should instead accept this fact and still rejoice in life and its small things despite or because of their "lack of" meaning, because the fact of these things existing ought to be enough. Or if you will, may the joy and appreciation of "meaninglessness" be an act of rebellion.


5. Death is not the opposite of life, but an innate preconditioned part of it. Death is not something to fear, avoid, lament or hate. Death is outside our control, our view of death is our responsibility, and we can learn to accept it as a part of life, as neither good nor bad. Grief is of course important when experiencing death, and it ought to be practiced in a healthy way.


6. "Memento mori" - "Remember that one [has to] die" works as a reminder of one's mortality and inevitable death. It gives one perspective on life to value one's time since one has been given time in the first place.


7. "Protect time like your money". Value your time and don't waste any time in the day on the trivial and vain. Don't waste time worrying on problems one can't do anything about, instead one ought to be responsible and to take care of problems one can do something about.


8. Practice remembering and cherishing things and experiences more than regretting and mourning the end of them.


9. One ought to approach life with a positive attitude, choosing to look on things positively is a sufficient choice you make every day to reach a realistic state of happiness.


Stance on ego and identity

1. Ego death refers to the release of self-identification and self-esteem, as well as the need to guard it from harm and the tendency to see the world through the lens of our imagined identities. People who define themselves by e.g. their political inclinations, social standing, skill set, or overall perception of physical attractiveness, often engage with the world as members of these groups and defend these abstractions as they defend themselves. It is a falsehood to associate one's self-entity with these things, as they are external to us and do not require our attachment. Our true selves are the perceptions of our senses, feelings, thoughts, and ability to judge, choose, and have willpower. The real you is the one who experiences, makes decisions and is persuaded of certain things, while everything else is not a fundamental aspect of who you are.

We are entities with thoughts and opinions that we associate with ourselves, these associations of ourselves with our thoughts and opinions creates our identities. These identities may help convey information but are actually external to us. As our existence is just a conscience of physical experience, we should cease creating self-images from these identities that we think of ourselves as in our thoughts. By eliminating outside notions and assumptions about who we believe ourselves to be, we can better understand ourselves and eliminate the false sense of who we think we are in our thoughts. It is only our thoughts that can affect our serenity, but they are also just memories and imagination, they are not real experiences in the moment, they are in fact just sensory input that we have the control over.


2. To reach the full and true potential of your intellect, you ought to unblock your survival from fear, pleasure from regret, willpower from shame, love from grief, truth from lies, insight from illusion and pure conscience of experience from worldly desires.


Disciplines/Principles/Practices

1. Only virtue is good, only vice is bad, everything else is indifferent. Virtue is sufficient for happiness.

Practice and strive for the 4 stoic virtues: Justice, wisdom, temperance and courage. Avoid the 4 vices: Injustice, foolishness, intemperance and cowardice.

Wisdom means being able to tell what's right and what's wrong without prejudice, approaching everything logically and calmy and understand what is to be chosen or avoided. Justice means to always be fair and do the right thing even when something is wrong. Courage is to do the right thing even if you feel like it can be harmful for you, facing challenges and struggles without complaint, applying wisdom to things we fear. Temperance is the willpower for volontary self-restraint and moderation to things we are attracted to and ought not to be gluttoned.


2. After the first impression, interpretation of reality, and emotional analysis of an event, one should not go for the emotional response, one should instead make a rational analysis and then a rational response.


3. Anger is an emotion that erodes the fabric of who we are. Thus, one ought to learn how to control it, a way to do this is to remember: "It isn't potent (manly) to be enraged. Rather, gentleness and civility are more human, and therefore more potent (manlier)." and that "One's anger is more likely to do more harm than how much someone is wrong".


4. Follow The Three Stoic Disciplines of Desire, Action and Assent


5. Practice mindfulness, meditation and seek nature to find tranquility and clarity.


6. Follow the 5 Buddhist precepts as a form of standard behavior: Don't abuse words, don't abuse senses, don't intoxicate, don't take what is not given and don't kill.


7. Acknowledge, appreciate, respect and value: Nature and life, others' humanity and diversity, community and individuality, learning new things, experiences and change.


8. Practice responsibility and kindness, avoid laziness and cruelty


9. Always remember to be responsible and to mindfully organize these 7 things when one is lost: self, health, environment, relationships, work, interests and experiences.


10. One ought to follow a Nonviolent Communication (NVC) style, also called Giraffe language, to reach the most efficient, optimal and rational conclusion. Explain the situation/problem, explain how it affects, explain what is needed, and give suggestions how to compromise.

Prosoponyms

Constructed Germian personal names (all unisex)

Example texts

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